Clock-case



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEO HENRY J. DAVIES, OF BROOKLYN, NEVI YORK.

CLOCK-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,618, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed April 20, 1880.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. DAvrEs, of the city ot' Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clock- Oases, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a highly iinished and light yet very strong clock-case of metal and glass; and to this end it consists in a novel construction of a case of several pieces of sheet or plate metal, which, by being separately stamped or pressed by dies, or otherwise formed by the cheap processes used in fashioning sheet metal, and separately plated or lacquered, enable the desired result to be produced.

One of the important features ot' the case consists in a top or entablature therefor, formed of a filling-piece covered with sheet metal-and provided with recesses for the reception of nuts upon the ends of the upright bolts, by which the parts of the case are connected and secured together.

rBhe invention also embraces certain improvements in the construction ot' the upright inetallic portions of the case for the reception or' the glass, and to provide for securing` the said parts to the base and entablature, and in the mode of combining or conneetin g together the severalv parts of the case. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an irregular vertical section through a clock-case constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal seetion through the same. Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective view, illustrating the method of securin g the tubular casings for the upright bolts to the base and entablature of the case. Fig. 4L represents a perspective view ot' the lower end of one of said tubular casin gs. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of a securing plate or device for holding the tubular casing rigidly in position. Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of a portion ofthe base. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of a portion ot' the door of the case, and Fig. 8 represents a perspective View ot' the devices used for securing the glass sides of the case.

(No model.)

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the hollow base ol' the case, which is represented as formed of sheet metal by stamping or pressing.

B designates the top or entablature of the case, composed of a illing, a, ot' wood, having its edges o'l` the desired form of' the molding of the entablature, and covered upon both sides with thin metal plates b b', which are lapped and bent one upon the other at the edge.

O designates bolts, which 'connect the base and entablature,and D designates tubes, which form casings for said bolts, and present the allipearanee oi' columns at the upright corners of the case. These tubes, which may be made with or without a longitudinal seam, are ot' a length to lit between the base and entablalure and keep them at a proper distance apart upon the tightening of the nuts upon the bolts O. These bolts pass through the base, but do not pass entirely through the entahlature, passing only through holes of a sufficient size to receive them in the bottom plate, I), of the latter, and screwing into nuts s, placed in shallow recesses c in the wood Iilling, such recesses being wider than the bolt-holes in the plate I), and of a form to prevent the turning ot' the nuts, which have their bearing on the interior ofthe plate b, within their respective recesses c, leaving the upper covering-plate, b', intact, and leaving solid wood over the said recesses to form a continuous unbroken support to the thin metal plate b.

rlhe tubular casings D are retained in their proper position against the entablature and base of the ease by means of locking plates or devices E, which are shown clearly iu Fig. 5, and which are applied to the upper and lower ends of the tubular casings. These locking plates or devices comprise a round washer-like portion, d, havinga central hole for the passage ofthe bolt, and adapted to lit within the tubular casing D, a shank or tongue7 c, which is adapted to lit in a notch,f, provided for it in the end of the tubular casing D, and prongs or lips g, which are inserted through holes 71 in the base and the bottom4 plate, l), of the entablature, and may be bent over or clinched, if desired. By means of these locking plates or devices the tubular casings are held securely at each -end and kept from shitting relatively to the bolts.

The sides and baek ot' this case mayr be coinposed ot' plates ot' glass or of other material, and the nleansfor holdingsai d plates eonsistot' uprightmctal strips F F', the central portions of which are curved to conform to the exterior of thetubularcasingsD,andtheniarginalportions ot' which are bent or turned out 'ard to 'torni tlangesjandj at a right angle to each other, The curvature oli' the inner strips, F, is such thattheir concave 'faces lit closely to the tubes D, and that ol.' the outer strips, F, is such that their concave faces fit closely to the convex faces oi" the strips F, the i'langcsjj being rcspectively at such distance apart as to form between them grooves O, Vfor the reception oi the glass, as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 3, and 8.

The strips F F are each shown as notched at their lower ends, It, so as to receive the shank or tongue c of the lockingplate E, and are thereby secured and stayed.

The tubular casin gs D are here represented as sunk or recessed in the corners, so that they are almost parallel with the sides of the case.

rlhe door H ot the case is here represented as composed ot' a glassplate setin a rectangular frame, Z, channeled to receive the glass, and having its upper side mortised to permit ot' the glass bein inserted through the top oi" the frame.

The several parts o'l' the case may be nished in any desirable manner, as by plating or otherwise, and by my invention I. enable a very strong and light case to be produced, which shall present a tine appearance, and which at the same time may be cheaply constructed.

The several metallic portions of the case are plated or otherwise finished before being put together.

rlhe bolts C, heilig fixed in the entablature, the tubular casin gs D, with their attached strips F F', are placed over them and thc glass sides slipped downward into the grooves or channels O. The base A is then placed in position, and by screwing up the nuts upon the lower ends oi' the bolts (l the several. parts of the ease are secured rigidly together.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a clock-case, with a base, columns for supporting an entablature, and bolts and nuts for securin together the base, entablature, and columns, ot' an cntablature composed of a filling, a, oli" wood, and covering-plates b b ot metal, the lower coverin plate. I), being perl'orated for thc passage ot' the bolts, and the filling a having recesses c provided for the. nuts n at the upper ends oi' the bolts C, which have a bearing upon the said plate b, leaving the upper plate, b', intact, substantially as speciiied.

2. The combination, in a clock-case, with a base and entablature, interposed tubular colulnns, and clamping-boltspassing through said columns, ot' locking-plates each comprising a circular portion Alitting the interior ot' a tubular column, a shank entering and passing through a notch in said column, and prongs or spurs entering holes in the base and entablature, the said circular portions also having central holes for the passage ol' the clampingbolts, all substantially as specilied.

3. The colnbination, in a clock-case, with a base, entablature, and interlvmsed tubular columns, of curved flanged strips Fj lli" y", secured to said columns, substantially as and ['or the purpose speci lied.

et. The combination of the tubular columns D, the locking-plates E, and the curved strips F j Fj, secured to the said columns and notched at the ends to engage with said locking-plates, substantially as specilied.

HENRY J. DAVHLS.

Witnesses:

HENRY T. Bitown, FREDK. HAYNEs. 

